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000890642 1001_ $$aLe Vay, Lulu,$$eauthor.
000890642 24510 $$aSurrogacy and the reproduction of normative family on TV /$$cLulu Le Vay.
000890642 2463_ $$aSurrogacy and the reproduction of normative family on television
000890642 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c[2019]
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000890642 4901_ $$aPalgrave studies in science and popular culture
000890642 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000890642 5050_ $$aIntroduction : family in crisis - the rise of surrogacy and its impact on popular culture -- I want a baby! Baby hunger and the desire for a genetic child -- Becoming ordinary : making homosexuality more palatable -- Infertile bodies : rescuing infertility through the heterosexual love plot -- Queer futures : chosen families and alternative intimacies -- Conclusion : why representation on TV matters.
000890642 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000890642 520__ $$aThis book examines the proliferation of surrogacy storylines on TV, exploring themes of infertility, motherhood, parenting and family. It investigates how, despite reproductive technologies' ability to flex contours of family, the shows' narratives work to uphold the white, heterosexual, genetically-reproduced family as the ideal. In dialogue with responses from a range of female viewers, both mothers and non-mothers, the book scrutinises the construction of family ideology on television with studies including Coronation Street (1960-present),Giuliana & Bill (2009-2014), Rules of Engagement (2007-2013), The New Normal (2012-2013), Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017) The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-present) and film Baby Mama (2008). These studies raise a number of questions; is homosexuality only acceptable when it echoes heterosexual norms? Are female characters only fulfilled when they are genetic mothers? Does heterosexual romance override technology in the cure for infertility? While the answers to these questions may suggest that television still conforms to heteronormative narratives, this book importantly demonstrates that audiences desire alternative happy endings that show infertile female characters more positively and recognise alternative kinship formations as meaningful.
000890642 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 3, 2019).
000890642 650_0 $$aFamilies on television.
000890642 650_0 $$aSurrogate motherhood.
000890642 650_0 $$aHuman reproductive technology in motion pictures.
000890642 830_0 $$aPalgrave studies in science and popular culture.
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